Wednesday, February 22, 2017

SpaceX Success: Florida

    All hail Elon Musk.  He's done it again.  SpaceX successfully launched a cargo rocket from Florida's Space Coast site.  After a 48 hour postponement triggered by onboard computers, the go signal sent the rocket into space.  The 229' craft is a symbol of the US' resurgence in space technology, aided in large part by Mr. Elon Musk.  He is today's premier entrepeneur, bar none.  Whether in his TESLA automobile or his Solar company, he is the leader and chief disrupter.  The doubters were legion and he has put them all under his sway.
      Despite all the problems, all those who said a private company could not do it, he has done the "impossible"- overcome government lethargy, stagnation, and bureaucracy.  Now the US government is paying him to do what they failed at- maintaining a real space program.  Lockheed and Boeing bow down in awe of this modern day Howard Hughes.  Yes, he is American via South Africa and Canada.   He saw opportunity and he grabbed it.  HIs early efforts in Silicon Valley gave him the confidence needed to overcome obstacles wherever he encountered them.
       Now SpaceX will continue to prepare to land crews on the moon and Mars in the near term.
Go Elon.

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